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Add a new filter to the heading report to exclude suppressed records
Currently at the time of creating the header report it is possible to exclude records without CAT DATE. We request to add a new filter to the heading report from the fixed field "Bib Code 3" in order to exclude bibliographic records with the value pending validation (supressed records from webpac).
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Make API loader allow bad MARC
One of the major advantages of Sierra is it's flexibility. Particularly the Sierra fixed fields. Sierra allows those fixed fields to be used in non-standard ways, but the API loader does not have that flexibility. If you try to load records with unexpected data with the API, the load will fail. The API MARC loader does not have to validate MARC. Sierra has never really validated MARC. Don't start now. The API should allow the same weird non-standard data as the rest of Sierra.
7 votesThe product manager will review this idea for possible inclusion in a future release.
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More reliable data around Holds: Don't delete Holds in the `holds_removed` Sierra DNA table!
Data in the
hold_removedtable is being deleted before the 60-day retention period is up in situations where staff clear the hold shelf, and an entry in thehold_removedtable is indicated to be "picked up". This is unexpected and not helpful in the task of gathering more data related to holds.I propose the following changes...
Retention Period: Entries are being removed from the hold_removed table before the default 60-day retention period is up. I propose that data should remain in this table, as it represents the lifecycle of a hold and the recorded event that removed an active…
9 votesThe product manager will review this idea for possible inclusion in a future release.
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Increase the Max Item Categories in the Patron Block Table
Increase the Patron Block Table to allow more than 4 block categories for groups of items by item type/location.
We would like to see Innovative add at least 6 additional categories, bringing the total categories up to 10.
Idea Value
Libraries are lending an increasing array of non-traditional materials. More categories in the patron block table are necessary to facilitate limited lending on these materials.This would allow libraries to limit lending more granularly. For example, allowing a set number of items in each of the following categories:
Books -100
CDs - 25
DVDs - 5
Videogames - 1
Games/Puzzles…47 votes -
Make Sierra User Profile Imports Additive, at least Optionally
In the Sierra web-based admin utility, in Authorizations and Authentication Admin, when importing permissions from one Sierra user to another, the "donor" settings overwrite those of the recipient user. I propose adding a checkbox to allow these to be imported in an additive manner.
Idea Value
Recently two of my coworkers in Technical Services and Collection Development received promotions and shifted into different roles. When using the feature to assign the permissions of users similar to the new roles, old but still valid permissions were lost due to the way the feature overwrites the recipient permissions with those of the…35 votes -
Customise Encore 'Did you mean' offerings to prevent offensive suggestions
We've had a couple of instances where the Encore 'Did you mean?' suggestions have offered up inappropriate alternatives to the search that was performed.
The first example was that it suggested 'sex manuals' when a search for 'car manuals' was performed.
The second example was that it suggested 'American poets' when a search for 'African poets' was performed, to which our client took offense at.
We would like to see some functionality added to Encore that would allow us to customise what suggestions display and what do not display for the 'did you mean' algorithm. This would allow us to…
1 voteThis idea will be reviewed by the Innovative product team for consideration in planning the upcoming product roadmap.
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Choose Priority between Item-level holds queue and bib-level holds queue
More control over choosing priority between the item-level holds queue and the bibliographic-level holds manually so that the Processing department can pull back specific items on popular, high-volume holds with more ease.
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Decision Center: Identify titles eligible for stock rotation in pooling locations
We have a floating collection and use Decision Center to manage our collection. We need to know what is on the shelf OR not on the shelf at multiple sites. To do this, we use excel pivot tables to manipulate the "low circulation weeding reports". I have attached the workflow and the result.
After pivoting the "low circulation weeding reports" (searching for items that have circulated less than 300 times in 1 month at multiple branches) our result includes everything on the shelf at multiple branches. The pivot table allows us to identify which titles are at a branch AND…
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Add SMS message for password / PIN reset in addition to email
Currently when using the "forgot your PIN" reset PIN /Password function in the WebPAC the patron completes a pin reset form and then the system emails the patron with a link to the PIN Reset form.
We would like to see an option to SMS the patron with the link. This would be helpful for readers who have don't have access to their email / or have changed their email address.
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More spine label queue options / label printing options
Spine Label Queues are only available in the current session and do not save. We are able to print spine labels (sheet or continuous) from Create Lists, but cannot apply print templates with this function. Can we either have the option to apply print templates when wanting to print batches of labels via Create Lists and/or have the option to hold on to our spine label queues for more than just the current session?
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Manage Reading History through RESTAPI
Currently patrons can opt in and out of Reading History our public catalog (Bibliocore) but we get many requests from patrons who want to manage that reading history by removing items from Reading History but the RESTAPI doesn't allow users to do that, they have to log into their accounts on WebPac in order to manage the titles in that history. We would like to see full Reading History management currently available in WebPac added to the RESTAPI.
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Allow sorting options for API Results
An example of this is the Items/GET API appears to sort the results based on catalog date/item id of the item. It would be nice to specify a different sort parameter that would allow the current sort or a new sort which would return them in the same sorting specified in the Cataloging function in Sierra.
This might be nice for other APIs as well.
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Batch item addition to bib records in a review file?
Can we have a feature in Global Update that allows us to attach item records to bib records from a review file? For example, we discovered we had a batch of 50 bib records without items (these were electronic and just need an item all with the same location code) but now I have to go through each one and individually attach. It would be great to do this in one fell swoop.
9 votesThe product manager will review this idea for possible inclusion in a future release.
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provide indication when there are new/cancelled orders to be posted
Staff are often confused by the need to post in order for new/cancelled orders to be reflected in their funds, particularly as the system does not provide an indication that those changes need to be committed. These are included when you select post all within the pay an invoice function (which staff won't look at if they aren't actively paying an invoice) but they do not appear listed within any of the 10 payment sessions or under funds adjustments.
Adding an entry for perhaps some more prominent indicator that funds may not reflect current totals will help greatly to remind…
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Manage Holds (view outstanding holds reports) should include INN-Reach items.
Currently to find a list of all INN-Reach items located on a branches holdshelf, not just expired ones is a difficult task. The Received Too Long report only allows you to sort by Patron Home Library which may not correspond to their hold pickup location. A person would need to run this report and look up each INN-Reach item to see if they are actually at the patrons home library, or a different branch. For library systems with multiple branches this is a time consuming process.
The Clear Expired Holds and Holdshelf Function only allows you to view expired INN-Reach…
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Checkout : ability to place bib level holds on titles listed in a search result
Customers still want staff to place bib level holds for them at the circulation desk. In checkout it is fantastic that staff can search the catalogue to place holds, but they often don't want to view every bibliographic record before placing the hold.
Customers asking for assistance at the circulation desk often have complex needs. They are looking to place holds on a number of titles within a series or they found the Discovery Catalogues did not meet their needs.
It would save staff a lot of time at the circulation desk if they could place holds on the titles…
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Upgrade OpenSSH version
Currently INN-Reach and Sierra servers are bundled with OpenSSH 7.1, which is over 7 years old as of this writing. There is a sorting bug (https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2694) that impacts the Scheduler functionality that would be fixed by upgrading to at least OpenSSH 7.6. Also assume that multiple security vulnerabilities exist in 7.1.
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Browse Display in SDA - Allow Ability to Customize or Expand
We would like the ability to customize the "browse display" where the result of records show up after the indexed search. Specifically, we'd like the option to show fields that are only available if you make the effort to expand the display.
Currently, the description column shows the indexed entry, title, author, ISBN, Call Number and location. The pub year would be helpful (as would the 490) for when staff is asked for an author's next book in a series, and they don't know the series title, just the author's name. Especially authors who have multiple series. So for our…9 votes -
Fix default for Scheduler's output MARC records
Scheduler's output MARC records function requires that you send something in the Remote Directory field. If you are sending to the root of the remote server, then you have to include "./" in the Remote Directory field or your export will fail.
It would be extremely helpful if "./" were included in the default set up for output in this field. I just had a ticket open for months with the help desk, and the solution was "./" in Remote Directory. Your own support staff doesn't know this and/or doesn't remember it. This should just fill in automatically when I…
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Add an additional multi-character fixed-length field for patron records
Add an additional multi-character fixed-length field for patron records
Our library would like to be able to track the branch at which a library card was issued separately from a patron's home library/preferred pickup location. Currently, we only have the "home library" field to store this information.
There isn't an available fixed-length field for us to adapt for this purpose, and we expect a variable-length field will be prone to too many variations, typos, etc. over time to be reliable.
4 votesThe product manager will review this idea for possible inclusion in a future release.
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